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This blog post is an interview with Sonia Dias, WIEGO's Waste Sector Specialist. Here Sonia shares information from the Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Sector Report. View Sonia's profile .
There is good news for waste pickers. The lakhs of nondescript women with a waste-bag hung over their shoulders, collecting garbage from roads and dumpsites is a common sight across cities in India.
By Dr. Gisèle Yasmeen We are at a turning point in the global economy including “jobless growth” partly due to technological change as well as changes in the system of production, distribution and trade. This is challenging assumptions about the relationship between the economy and work. Perhaps...
This blog post by Stephen Ibaraki is about WIEGO's incoming Social Protection Programme Director, Gisèle Yasmeen, who is also a Senior Fellow at UBC Institute of Asian Research.
This blog post about improving engagement between city authorities and the urban working poor was written by Sally Roever, WIEGO's Urban Policies Programme Director.
Urban informal workers saw major gains in 2015, but these need to be consolidated at Habitat III. This blog post by WIEGO's International Coordinator, Marty Chen, was originally published on Citiscope and also shared on WIEGO's website .
Recently Narendra Modi got a new office for himself and his ministers at the cost of 150 crores and named it ‘Swarnim Sankul’. Question is while Modi uses hundreds of construction workers to build himself a palatial office, what has the Gujarat Government done for the construction workers? Jignesh...
This blog post by Laura Lehman shares information on " Problem-Solving, Partnership & Prototypes: A Reflection on IDDS Zero Waste in Cali, Colombia ."
Blog post by Ejaz Ghani, William Kerr, Alex Segura
This blog post is by the ILO's Simel Esim and Lenore Matthew. They note that "Domestic workers comprise a significant part of the global workforce in informal employment and are among the most vulnerable groups of workers."
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.